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New York is now home to a proliferation of pencil towers wafer-thin skyscrapers that seem to defy the laws of nature. Theyre chic, expensive to buy into, and critics say theyre also symbols of rising urban inequality. Also, in this episode: are levels of density in our cities making us ill? And the ...

The ancient Greek root of our word "technology" is techne, which means "craftsmanship" or "art". In a world where technology today is thought of in mechanistic terms - consumer items that simply appear in our lives and perform certain functions - is it time we rediscovered the techne behind its ...

How do you create disruptive innovation in the social welfare world?Run a hackathon, thats how! Once the preserve of tech companies and government agencies, hackathons are now being employed in the community sector to quickly develop and test blue-sky ideas. Over two days, 80 young people ...

The Vatican is refusing to strip George Pell of his position as Cardinal, at least until his legal options are exhausted. But the Vatican has told the 77 year old to refrain from public ministry, and to have no contact with children. Pell has been convicted of five counts of sexually abusing two ...

Are you the forgiving type? Or does your forgiveness depend on the circumstances? Forgiveness is often discussed as if it were a single, straightforward, phenomenon. The reality, however, is not so simple. Stephen Cherry identifies three different types of forgiveness: inter-personal ...